Authorities have identified an Illinois man as the gunman who fatally shot a Virginia state trooper at a bus station in Richmond.State Police identified the man Friday as 34-year-old James Brown III of Aurora, Ill.Police say Brown shot Trooper Chad P. Dermyer several times at the Greyhound bus station Thursday before Brown was killed by two other troopers.Police have not said what motivated the shooting.Authorities say two women were also injured in the shooting but are expected to recover. One of them is a member of the Bingham University track team who was heading to a meet at William & Mary.Court records show Brown had a lengthy criminal record in Illinois. Brown was charged with attempted murder in 2001 before pleading guilty to lesser charges. He was sentenced to four years in prison, with credit for time served.In 2006, Brown was charged with unlawfully possessing a weapon and body armor as a felon and drug charges. Court records show he pleaded guilty to cocaine possession and the other charges were dropped. He was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison.Records show that Brown pleaded guilty in 2012 to domestic battery and aggravated battery of a pregnant woman. He was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison.Dermyer's work led to one of the most high-profile arrests in recent years when he pulled over Tonya M. Slaton on Interstate 64 last year because her license plates were expired. Dermyer eventually searched the car and authorities say he found the remains of Slaton's son, who had been missing for a decade. Slaton has since been charged with murder.Service resumed at the bus station Friday afternoon.

RICHMOND, Va. —

Authorities have identified an Illinois man as the gunman who fatally shot a Virginia state trooper at a bus station in Richmond.

State Police identified the man Friday as 34-year-old James Brown III of Aurora, Ill.

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Police say Brown shot Trooper Chad P. Dermyer several times at the Greyhound bus station Thursday before Brown was killed by two other troopers.

Police have not said what motivated the shooting.

Authorities say two women were also injured in the shooting but are expected to recover. One of them is a member of the Bingham University track team who was heading to a meet at William & Mary.

Court records show Brown had a lengthy criminal record in Illinois. Brown was charged with attempted murder in 2001 before pleading guilty to lesser charges. He was sentenced to four years in prison, with credit for time served.

In 2006, Brown was charged with unlawfully possessing a weapon and body armor as a felon and drug charges. Court records show he pleaded guilty to cocaine possession and the other charges were dropped. He was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison.

Records show that Brown pleaded guilty in 2012 to domestic battery and aggravated battery of a pregnant woman. He was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison.

Dermyer's work led to one of the most high-profile arrests in recent years when he pulled over Tonya M. Slaton on Interstate 64 last year because her license plates were expired. Dermyer eventually searched the car and authorities say he found the remains of Slaton's son, who had been missing for a decade. Slaton has since been charged with murder.